[Vision2020] FW: The Smell of Gunpowder

[Carl Westberg]

I'm sure this will make somebody mad.                                        
                                                                             
                                                                             
                                                                             
        Carl Westberg Jr.



>Subject: The Smell of Gunpowder
>Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 09:25:54 -0800
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>http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-oe-kenney15feb15,0,1216
>758.story?track=hpmostemailedlink
>He loves the smell of gunpowder
>By John Kenney
>JOHN KENNEY has just finished his first novel.
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>February 15, 2006
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>VICE PRESIDENT Dick Cheney accidentally shot documentary filmmaker Michael
>Moore yesterday as Moore was walking out of a Manhattan Denny's.
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>A spokesperson for the vice president said that it was a "complete 
>accident"
>and that Cheney felt "horrible." The White House released a statement 
>saying
>that the shooting was "just bad timing. Vice President Cheney, who is
>well-versed in firearms safety, was merely sitting in a shrub, wearing
>camouflage, outside of a Denny's frequented by Mr. Moore." The statement
>went on to say that Cheney had been in the shrub for "several days." Moore
>is said to have suffered only minor injuries and was released from the
>hospital.
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>IN ANOTHER BIZARRE accident, Cheney mistakenly shot every Democratic member
>of the Senate Judiciary Committee. A White House spokesman said that the
>vice president feels "bad, but not that bad." An aide to Cheney said that
>the vice president "happened to be in the committee chambers, under a 
>chair,
>when he stood up to put on a pair of chaps, accidentally shooting the
>committee members, stopping to reload three times." Remarkably, the
>committee members were largely unhurt and are expected to make complete
>recoveries.
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>THE WHITE HOUSE was put on the defensive again today when Air Force Two was
>forced to make an emergency landing 25 miles west of New York City after a
>loss of cabin pressure because of the accidental shooting of former FEMA
>Director Michael D. Brown and Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff.
>Both men have recently come under criticism for their handling of the
>federal response to Hurricane Katrina. Cheney was said to be "laughing, but
>also deeply concerned" when he was awoken from a nap after accidentally
>shooting the men at close range. Typically, shotguns are not allowed on
>either Air Force One or Two, but Cheney is, the statement said, "a seasoned
>hunter and also planned to accidentally shoot both men." Both Brown and
>Chertoff are expected to make complete recoveries, although it remains
>unclear as to why Brown was duct-taped to the wing of the plane.
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>A White House spokesman later added that the vice president had been on his
>way to New York City to accidentally shoot New York Times columnist Maureen
>Dowd.
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>SEN. HILLARY Rodham Clinton miraculously escaped injury today after Cheney
>accidentally ran up to her motorcade and accidentally shot at her car. The
>White House said the vice president "tripped."
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>"These things happen," a White House spokesman said. "Guns, while 
>completely
>safe, are also dangerous."
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>A member of the vice president's staff said Cheney apologized to the former
>first lady and potential presidential candidate in a handwritten note.
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>"I'm sorry I almost shot you. But know that I will try again and will also
>be sorry then too. I like the sound a gun makes and the smell of the
>gunpowder. 'Flint' is a neat word. "
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>Copyright 2006 Los Angeles Times |
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